Assigning a Budget (Bottom-Up Method)

Assigning a Budget (Bottom-Up Method)

Access the overall budget using the Overall budget view.

Make sure that the budget status is Proposed.

Select the top budget object, and choose View ® Expand.
Choose View ® Available budget.

The system displays the total budget available for the individual budget structure elements.

Select the lowest-level budget structure element to which you want to assign a budget.

Choose Extras ® Budget structure element attributes.

An input screen for the budgets appears (different screens will appear depending on whether the budget is a monetary budget or FTE budget).

The rest of the procedure depends on how the budget is classified:

If the budget is a...	See:
Monetary budget	Assigning a Monetary Budget (Bottom-Up)
Full-time equivalent budget	Assigning a Full-Time Equivalent Budget (Bottom-Up)

The available budget output for the higher-level budget structure elements is a negative value. The system represents this by highlighting the negative available budget.

Process your budget hierarchy, starting at the bottom and working up. Balance out the negative available budget displayed for each budget structure element by assigning the budget required as described in step 6.